Usually means: Dismissal or rejection without ceremony.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word brush-off:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. brush-off, the brush-off: Merriam-Webster
  2. brush-off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brush-off, brush-off: Collins English Dictionary
  4. brush-off: Vocabulary.com
  5. brush-off: Wordnik
  6. the brush-off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. brush-off: Wiktionary
  8. brush-off: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. brush-off: Dictionary.com
  10. The Brush-Off: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. brush-off: Rhymezone
  12. brush-off: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. brush-off: FreeDictionary.org
  14. brush-off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. brush-off: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. brush-off: Infoplease Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brush-off: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brush-off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.

Similar:
brushoff, brush off, rebuff, spurn, short shrift, blowoff, brush-down, discardure, throw-out, avoidance, more...

Opposite:
acknowledgment, recognition, attention, engagement

Types:
rejection, dismissal, snub, put-down, more...

Phrases:
the brush-off, more...

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Similar:
brushoff, brush off, rebuff, spurn, short shrift, blowoff, brush-down, discardure, throw-out, avoidance, more...

Opposite:
acknowledgment, recognition, attention, engagement

Types:
rejection, dismissal, snub, put-down, more...

Phrases:
the brush-off, more...



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